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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; DOCUMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA; CHAPTER 2: THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD; CHAPTER 3: VOLUNTEERS, CONSCRIPTION, AND A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY CORPS, 18001898; CHAPTER 4: THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THE BUILDING OF MODERN ARMIES, 18981916; CHAPTER 5: MODERN WARFARE: Universal Military Training, Selective Service, and Conscription, 19161940; CHAPTER 6: WORLD WAR II, 19401947; CHAPTER 7: THE COLD WAR: KOREA, VIETNAM, AND THE CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE |
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Chapter 8: the all-volunteer military and post 9/11 veterans educational assistancechapter 9: citizen and soldier; documentary sources; suggested reading; index |
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Americans grow up expecting that in a time of need, their country can depend on its people for volunteer service to the military. Indeed, this has been a social and at times legal expectation for the citizenship of this country since 1776. Yet, since the end of World War II United States forces have been caught up in many long term military engagements, and the military aspect of citizenship has become an increasingly marginalized one in a world where only a minority of citizens even vote. Citizen and Soldier: A Sourcebook on Military Service and National Defense from Colonial America to the P |
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Print version record |
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- History -- Sources
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Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources
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Military service, Voluntary -- United States -- History -- Sources
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Citizenship -- United States -- History -- Sources
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Citizenship
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Draft
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Military service, Voluntary
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Recruiting and enlistment
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United States
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History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Shenk, Gerald E
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| ISBN |
9780203846483 |
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0203846486 |
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1282781278 |
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9781282781276 |
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